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Mr Cripps said: “It is brilliant that this occasion has brought people together to memorialise the station. I don’t think people associate the station and the shopping centre so the plaque and the internet now will help people learn the history.”

The railway station closed on September 4, 1967, with the main section of the building being demolished. Only the Clock Tower was left standing, which was incorporated into what is now the Victoria Centre.

Mr Cripps worked at the station delivering mail to the staff, and spent his working day walking all the way around the station.

“It was a big station, it took a very long time to get all the way around, but there were a lot of interesting points around the station to see and people to meet so it really was great.”

Janine Tanner, 43, from Nottingham’s Railways Remembered gave a speech before the cutting of the ribbon.

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She said: “It was such a beautiful station, and most people under the age of 50 don’t know that it even existed. History and heritage has become very popular nowadays, and it’s great that people can see and learn about the station.

“This station was a part of a lot of people’s identities, and some will be able to understand what their grandparents saw and gain an interest in the history.”

Student, Ashley Briers, 22, who graduated from Nottingham Trent University last year teamed up with Richard Gregg, 32, from Nottingham, after learning about the station’s history decided to recreate it in 3D form.

The station is being recreated in 3D form

Ashley said: “A great many people still mourn the loss of Nottingham Victoria Station, and we wanted to bring it to the modern age via digital reconstruction.”

Eventually the two hope to put the 3D reconstruction into a video game, allowing people to walk around the station as it once was. For now, they have created a 3D panorama model of the station which is available to view on their Facebook page - Nottingham Victoria Station 3D.

“We wanted to reconstruct it so that we could see how it would have been, but also so others could, and for those who were able to see it, bring back the memories from half a century ago.”